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Last Friday, French Montana released his fourth full-length album, They Got Amnesia. The Bronx rapper’s follow-up to 2019’s Montana clocks in with 20 tracks, and even though he’s had to publicly defend himself against Twitter trolls who say he has too many features on his songs, just half of the album’s cuts are collabs with the likes of Drake, John Legend, Rick Ross, Fabolous, and Doja Cat and Saweetie.

As for the album’s accompanying videos, Montana is really be leaning into the heist narrative. On the “Panicking” clip, he and Fivio Foreign infiltrate an airplane to swoop in a pallet of cash, and now on the new visual for “Bag Season,” he and Lil Tjay mastermind a smash and grab plot to secure rare bags. They crash through a window and Montana moves stealthily through a club with his crew wearing eerie masks of nuns with blood running down their eyes. Lil Tjay is the point man behind the scenes as the pair course through the banger track in the process. The shifting lights in the club are reminiscent of the iconic nightclub robbery scene in Hype Williams’ Belly, and it shows the ever-present influence of the DMX- and Nas-starring film in hip-hop culture more than 20 years after it’s release.

They Got Amnesia is out now via Epic Records. Get it here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Being in a John Wick movie seems like a good gig. You get to wear stylish clothes, kick and/or punch people, and hang out with Keanu Reeves. So, it’s no wonder that Shamier Anderson is thankful for Halle Berry this Thanksgiving season.

The actor, best known for his role in Syfy’s cult series Wynonna Earp, plays Immaculate in Berry’s directorial debut, Bruised (you can read our review here). The MMA drama was executive produced by Chad Stahelski, who directed John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (which icon Berry and her good dogs starred in), and — I think you can see where this is going — John Wick: Chapter 4.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, when Anderson learned this fact, he asked Berry to put in a good word on his behalf because of her close ties to the franchise.” It worked out. “I got the job, and I finished filming a week ago,” he said. “I’m in John Wick with Keanu Reeves! Shout-out to Halle Berry for giving me the opportunity that led to that.”

The moral of the story: the next time you see Halle Berry, ask her for a job.

John Wick: Chapter 4, which also stars Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Donnie Yen, and hopefully more Jason Mantzoukas as the Tick Tock Man, opens on May 27, 2022.

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)

Former Spider-Man Andrew Garfield (who’s consistently said that he’s not in Spider-Man: No Way Home) recently showed (during an exchange with Stephen Colbert) that he’s good with wearing one’s heart on one’s sleeve, and that sentiment has carried over to his love for his favorite show, Cobra Kai. The man has good taste, and with the immensely popular series gearing up for a New Year’s Eve Season 4 release, there’s no time like the present to reduce Garfield to a quivering mess by surprising him with video messages from the revival’s stars.

Garfield was on hand with Netflix to promote Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick… BOOM! when he realized what was happening. Several of the franchise’s O.G. and new-generation stars, including William Zabka, Ralph Macchio, Mary Mouser, Peyton List, and Jacob Bertrand, got right in his face, and he freaking loved it. Watching him throw fists while trading “no mercy” exclamations with the cast turns out to be glorious.

At one point near the end of the below video, Garfield grew openly emotional while apparently holding back tears. “And then you have William Zabka, and you have Ralph Macchio, and like, oh no. They know I exist. You bastards!” This was too damn sweet.

At one point, Bertrand mentioned that he heard about Hawk being Garfield’s favorite character. I need to know if this is true. Hawk rules.

“This was one of the best moments of my life.” – Andrew Garfield, let his fan flag fly.

Cobra Kai returns to the dojo on December 31.

We’ve all likely fought over a prime slice of turkey at the table on Thanksgiving. That’s because, deep down, we all know that not all parts of that turkey are created equal. Some people prefer legs (for some reason) while others want some of that grainy white meat to sop up a bucket of gravy. Others will draw blood over the oysters or pope’s nose if they’re still on the bird when it hits the serving plate.

Point being, there’s a lot going on that goes well beyond “white” and “dark” meat. The turkey is a complex creature (that just so happens to pair perfectly with cranberry sauce).

Below, we’ve ranked all nine sections or cuts of the turkey. Spoiler alert, a lot of that bird is really only good after Thanksgiving dinner in much more forgiving dishes. Still, we did our best to think about what you’ll want to race to the table for this Thanksgiving and what you can pass on until the weekend, when sandwiches are getting made.

Let’s dive in!

9. Spine

The Cut:

Overall, there’s not a lot going on here. There are thin strips of meat, fat, and skin with a lot of marrow-filled spine bones. It’s funky and… trust us, no one is fighting over the spine of the bird.

What It’s Good For:

If you’re butterflying (or spatchcocking) the bird for cooking, then you’re going to have an extra spine hanging around. The best use is for making stock. All that collagen, fat, bone, marrow, and skin will make for a great base for future gravy.

Stock cuts are great for sauces. But they aren’t anything worth fighting over at the Thanksgiving table.

8. Neck

The Cut:

The neck is usually loaded inside the bird’s cavity. The cut is mostly bone, sinew, collagen, and fat with some brown meat. The meat is generally pretty stringy, which can be a turn-off for some.

What It’s Good For:

The easy answer here is stock. All that unctuous stuff in the neck helps your stock — and future gravy — shine. That being said, you can smoke, stew, and roast necks as a nice turkey delicacy. As we mentioned, it’ll be stringy dark meat but it’ll have a lot of flavors built-in.

7. Wing

The Cut:

The wings are pretty overlooked during the rush to the dinner table. The tips will likely be singed beyond recognition. The flat of the wing will have a bit of stringy white meat with (usually) dried-out skin. The drummette might be pretty good, depending on how well cooked the turkey is. Still, it’s going to be a little tougher white meat, as it’s a little too thin to take on any moisture during cooking.

What It’s Good For:

This usually either gets thrown into turkey soup over the weekend or the meat is stripped off the bone and gets hacked up into a turkey salad for sandwiches. Overall, if you’re stuck with a wing this Thanksgiving, you have our sympathies.

That being said, if the wings are being smoked or roasted on their own, you might be in business.

6. Leg

The Cut:

The leg is a very flashy cut off of any Thanksgiving bird. But as far as dark meat goes, this is the cheapest and most annoying cut. One, it can get over-cooked due to its position on the outside of the bird. Two, there are about a million bone splints. You can’t bite into a leg and not hit one. That’s a deal-breaker.

What It’s Good For:

We guess you can spend time scrapping meat out from between those bone splints if you want. Otherwise, this is turkey soup and turkey salad territory. Also, if you take the time to scrape all the dark meat out, it works well in a turkey hash or turkey tacos on Friday morning.

5. Outer Breast Meat

The Cut:

Not all white meat is created equal. There’s a massive difference between the outer layer of breast meat and the tenderloin, nestled closer to the bone. The outer layer is the white meat you’re probably thinking of — slightly dry and a little grainy. It’s the meat you see when someone (erroneously) slices into a turkey breast while it’s still on the bird (always fully remove the breast before you slice it against the grain, folks).

What It’s Good For:

Even though this isn’t the most beloved meat at the dinner table, it has a lot of uses post-Thanksgiving. This turkey meat works on club sandos, in turkey salad, soup, hash, hot turkey sandwiches, and maybe even a leftover turkey casserole.

4. Tenderloin

The Cut:

We all know chicken tenders are better than chicken breasts and the same is true here. This is that aforementioned breast tenderloin that’s nestled right next to the bone. This is often the juiciest white meat and pretty hard to screw up while cooking.

What It’s Good For:

We’d argue that this is the first cut of meat worth rushing to the table to get. It’s much softer and meatier than the outer breast (and a lot less grainy). This is good for building the perfect bite on your fork with mash and gravy, stuffing, and cranberry sauce all stacked on one satisfying bite.

3. Thigh

The Cut:

This is the fatty meat that’s right under the turkey, so all the juices pass through on the way to the pan below. It’s the most flavored and often the juiciest (by far). Usually, the thighs are broken off and the bones removed, leaving big chunks of thigh meat on the platter, which will be gone pretty quick.

What It’s Good For:

This is classic turkey meat. It works on its own and you shouldn’t really need gravy to help this piece of bird shine. If there’s any leftover on Friday (there won’t be), you can also use this cut for anything we mentioned above and it’ll help that dish pop.

2. Oyster

The Cut:

This is prime territory. The oyster, or sot-l’y-laisse (“only a fool leaves this behind” in French), is the most delicate and delicious part of the turkey that’s mostly meat (vs. our #1 entry, which is mostly fat). The morsels are on the spine in little cavities about 2/3 down from the neck. Like the thighs, this area collects all the fat and juices but the meat is about a million times more deeply flavored and fatty.

What It’s Good For:

If you’re carving the bird, these are usually yours. Those in the know will slice these morsels out and eat one and give the other one to the one they love the most.

Note: If you spatchcock or butterfly your bird, you lose these — a definite downside to that technique.

1. Pope’s Nose

The Cut:

This is that little, well, nose at the end of the bird. It’s called the pygostyle and holds the preen gland. Basically, this is a little pocket of pure fat that’s held in crispy turkey skin. When it’s crispy on the outside and hot on the inside, this is like getting one or two bites of the purest essence of turkey.

What It’s Good For:

You really want to eat this immediately. It’s also usually reserved for whoever is cooking as they’ll likely steal it and eat it well before the turkey hits the table. If you do see it there, don’t be afraid to knock down your asshole cousin to get it on your plate first or maybe sneak into the kitchen, do some pre-dishes help, and see if you can score it early.

Billboard recently declared that The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the top song in the long history of their storied Hot 100 chart. The song is heavily inspired by synth-forward ’80s music, and in a new Billboard interview pegged to the Hot 100 news, The Weeknd gave credit to the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for fostering in him an interest in ’80s music.

In the piece, co-producer Max Martin notes of the song, “Abel came with the vision of what the song should be, which was a very different tempo and vibe than what is usually done. He took a risk, and that was very impressive to us. We all felt this song was very special even early on in the process.” The Weeknd then added, “GTA: Vice City really opened my eyes to a lot of ’80s music, so there was a nostalgia for when I was a kid playing video games and listening to Hall & Oates and Michael Jackson while driving through the city.”

The Grand Theft Auto games are well known for their soundtracks, which players experience through in-game radio stations. Vice City has nine stations and they all cycle through their own playlists of about 15 songs each (except for the one station that doesn’t play music). Since the game is set in 1986, all of the songs included are from that year or earlier. Hall & Oates has one song in the game, “Out Of Touch,” while Jackson has two: “Billie Jean” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’.”

Check out the full interview here.

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect. And eat. But mostly reflect. While eating. You can do both. And you should. Both are worthwhile endeavors.

The Uproxx staff and crew of contributors did just that this week, reflect in between fits of eating. And we’ve put together this list of the things from pop culture we were thankful for this year. The list is not comprehensive. There’s plenty more to be thankful for. None of us mentioned The White Lotus or the thing where Jason Momoa played a character in Dune whose name was Duncan Idaho. We are thankful for those things, too. But here’s our official list for this year. We did it for you. Please enjoy and then get back to the eating. Or enjoy while eating. You can probably handle that level of multi-tasking.

Here we go…

The ongoing petty feud between Vin Diesel and The Rock

Two things are true of the world in 2021:

• There are so many shows, everywhere, on so many different outlets, spanning all genres and formats, featuring A-list stars and creators galore, making it almost too easy to find a piece of entertainment that’s been created to match your exact sensibilities and tastes
• No television show has brought me as much joy over the last few years as the constantly simmering feud between my beefy dads, Vin Diesel and The Rock

The history is well-documented, sometimes by me, because, again, the joy. I love that they hate each other this much and I love that it just keeps going. The Rock making jokes about Vin in his various projects and responding to Vin’s comments line-by-line while sipping tequila. Vin hopping on Instagram and calling The Rock his little brother. It’s honestly incredible. I don’t want it to end, ever, in part because it fuels my petty soul and in part because it’s just outrageously silly that two of our biggest musclebound action stars refuse to stop fighting on the internet like junior high enemies. I will be so sad if they ever squash this beef. Like, really, truly sad. It’s very healthy and normal. — Brian Grubb

Patti Harrison crushing small appearances

Patti Harrison only appears twice in season two of Netflix’s monolithically funny I Think You Should Leave, but one of them is my favorite sketch of the entire series. The Shark Tank parody is also great (Harrison’s “wine… and popcorn!” is an instantly iconic line reading), but I’m not sure I’ve watched anything as much this year as “Tables.” It’s technically listed as “Driver’s Ed” on YouTube, but c’mon, we all know it and love it as “Tables.” It takes a simple premise — a driver’s education teacher shows his students a video about the dangers of distracted driving — and makes it absurd. Why is the character in the movie so worked up about her tables? And why are they so dirty? And what is her job exactly? “TA-BLES!” Tim Robinson yelling is always good for a laugh, but it’s Harrison and her over-the-top anguish about her tables that steals the sketch — and the season. Also, f*ck Eddie Munster. — Josh Kurp

The Great being, well, kind of great

This holiday season, one thing I’m thankful for is the return of The Great on Hulu. The Great, a fictionalized comedy about the rise of Catherine the Great of Russia set in the mid-1700s, is pretty close to the show I would make in a fantasy world where I had both the clout and the talent to make a show. I’ve been obsessed with European monarchies basically since I was 12. The idea that entire societies were controlled by the most venal, messy, grasping families of inbred psychopaths among us is endlessly entertaining (incidentally, this is also basically the root idea behind Game of Thrones and Dune). In The Great, The Favourite co-writer Tony McNamara (The Great is basically The Favourite as a series, which is wonderful) basically turned that into an absurdist comedy. It turned out exactly as I always dreamed something like this could, while avoiding nearly all of the pitfalls. The language is kitschy and fun, without turning every joke into “it’s funny because the olden times people are using web slang,” the actors are perfect (chiefly Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult as Catherine and Peter) and the sets and cinematography are very bit as eye-catching and opulent as you might expect from a show set in the golden age of Czarist Russia. Again, it’s basically the show I’ve always wanted and I’m so glad that it exists. — Vince Mancini

Michael Clayton, still and always

The 2007 legal thriller Michael Clayton has been one of my favorite movies of all-time for years — one of those movies that I can’t resist watching if it’s on one of the cable channels — but it somehow seems to be just getting better and more relevant with age. Written and directed by Tony Gilroy and starring George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, and Tom Wilkinson (all were nominated for Oscars, btw; Swinton was the only one to win), the film centers around the fixer (Clooney) at a big, fancy corporate law firm that does legal work for an evil agricultural products conglomerate trying to cover up the fact that its products have been giving people cancer all over the place. As I mentioned previously, it’s long been a favorite of mine, but I’ve been watching it even more this year as it just hits different in the post-pandemic, late-stage capitalism f*ck pie we’re all currently existing in. And I know that I’m not the only one who feels this way, thus the growing popularity of this yard sign. So what are you waiting for, Michael Clayton is streaming on Hulu. You should watch it! — Brett Michael Dykes

DOG HEAD MAN

I am thankful for Dog Head Man. This season of SNL, somewhat liberated from having to be a social commentary every week on the state of the United States federal government, and at least seems to be leaning into just dumb funny sketches again. I’m all for this. I like to laugh. (And even when Trump shows up, James Austin Johnson’s version is much more surreal and absurd.) Also, I happened to be at the debut of Dog Head Man in January of 2018, when Sam Rockwell hosted SNL. Which, now, in retrospect, I feel like I saw Michael Jordan’s first game in person. Thank you, Dog Head Man. — Mike Ryan

The old and the new converging together in our brains and streaming services

Like everyone, I spent a lot of time over the last 18 months in the embrace of comfort TV, or to be more specific, rewatching things I have seen 5 or 11 times before. All the staples have been hit – The Office, Cheers, Parks, Schitt’s, and most recently Seinfeld. But while it’s been nice to check-in with old friends, mouthing the lines as they’re being said and remembering forgotten punchlines, I’ve also felt this growing sense that the time spent near exclusively swimming in a pool of nostalgia might be causing me to miss out on a bunch of new shows and films. And I have taken this feeling and used it as motivation to ween myself off the classics more and more, trying to strike more of a balance. And so I’ve had the time to watch Maid and a long list of films that I would have missed, like How It Ends. And on and on. It’s a balance everyone attempts, but I’m especially thankful for it. Being wholly nestled in the warm of old things is as damaging as if I had gone the other way and ignored the classics and their influence. Devour all content old and new is I suppose the message and a pursuit to be thankful for because it gives us the fullest understanding of how things evolve and how timelessness speaks not only to insanely clever things but to a thread that connects us generationally. — Jason Tabrys

The Witcher getting fan service right

So many things could have gone wrong with The Witcher on Netflix. The casting, obviously, ended up being more perfect than anyone (including showrunner Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich) ever could have imagined. Not only did she make the bathtub canon, but the show’s adopted a fan-forward-but-still-realistic perspective from the beginning. Henry Cavill (who bested literally hundreds of other candidates) came by the role honestly though, given that he’s a straight-up nerd who played the games and swallowed the books and embodies all that is wonderful (and yes, there’s a lot of goodness) about passionate fandom.

The first season ended up being better than it had any business to be, and the enormous audience reception led to the swift greenlighting of more seasons, an anime movie, and a prequel series still in the works. Heck, things went so well that the Witcher-Con happened this year, and Season 2 will include another monstrous banger, yet it must be noted that the show doesn’t go too far to bend over to fan demands. The show’s not afraid of switching up the equation for a less grumpy and more personable Geralt, even though the fans do love the grump. Instead, this give-and-take between fans and art is what this franchise does best. Some might even say that it’s, you know, destiny. – Kimberly Ricci

Steve Martin risking life and limb for a laugh

Only Murders in the Building was a blast. Just an absolute hoot from beginning to end, with Martin Short giving the full Martin Short and Selena Gomez cussing a lot and Nathan Lane playing deliciously devious and Jane Lynch showing up as a character named, I swear Sazz Pataki. But my favorite part, I think, was Steve Martin, decades into an iconic career, flopping himself on the floor and twisting himself into a pretzel for a short piece of elevator-related physical comedy.

He did not have to do this. People would have understood if he hadn’t, or really wouldn’t have even known to miss it. But he did it because he’s a professional. A massively silly professional who will risk bodily injury for a laugh even today, at age 76, but still, a professional. Please do not take this for granted. — Brian Grubb

The extremely specific way Jackie Daytona says “Tuscon, Arizona” on What We Do in the Shadows

There are all sorts of ways to deal with stress. I really like breath work. Surfing. A day at the K-Spa. The list is infinite because we are at the exact moment in culture where literally everything you’ve ever liked has been listed as a stress release and everything that’s ever annoyed you is considered a stressor and we are all just on this planet to induce and reduce stress with varying degrees of efficacy, apparently.

Like everyone, some of my habits for managing stress are life-giving and some are… not as great. But make no mistake, I consider watching Matt Berry as Lazo Cravensworth as Jackie Daytona say, “Tucson, Arizonia” to be among my most healthy habits. It’s just such a great moment. A dumb joke that could also be heavily analyzed (after all, it implies that a vampire who has been alive for centuries has never actually heard anyone say “Arizona”, which is a flyover state slam on par with Jessica Walter saying “I’d rather be dead in California than alive in Arizona” on Arrested Development).

Please, right now, listen to that enunciation of “Arizonia” — it’s truly a perfect line read. You can hear Lazlo’s insecurity. You can see him try to cover it with Jackie Daytona bluster. You get this lilt at the end like he’s thinking of adding even more flair to the word. Or perhaps he’s practiced it at home, just to prepare for being questioned, and he’s caught himself adding a syllable. (Another great AZ dig is the fact that this answer is accepted at face value.)

There’s an old interview about the Simpsons movie where the writers said that they just did table reads for days on end until every joke seemed boring and then they cut all those jokes and just kept the ones that still worked after 100 table reads. I love that idea and think of this joke as the epitome of that philosophy. It’s never not funny. On par with the JB Smoove-Larry David “flip it” conversation. A blissful moment during tumultuous times.

And I should know, I’ve watched it probably 30 times already this month. — Steve Bramucci

The Ocean’s movies just being available to watch all the time, like magic

One of the great things about the streaming era of TV is that, if you do the right searching, you can find a place that has your favorite shows or movies from the past and watch them over and over. Sure we could all just buy DVDs of these things, but that’s a lot of effort and planning. I just want to, whenever the mood strikes, be able to fire up one of the Ocean’s movies – all four of which are on HBO Max; 11, 12, 13, and 8 – which I do about once a month for comfort like a warm blanket on a cold winter’s day. Everyone has their own version of this, whether it be The Office or The Sopranos or Survivor or what have you. Me? I just want to watch Danny, Rusty, and the boys (or Debbie, Lou, and the girls) pull off elaborate heists and then send my likewise Ocean’s obsessed friends texts that just say, “Soft opening, grand opening. When the Flamingo opened, one day it was closed, the next day it was open.” — Robby Kalland

Metroid Dead, baby

While for many Metroid Dread was their long-awaited return to one of Nintendo’s most beloved series, for me it was my introduction to the wildly cruel and endlessly fascinating world of Samus Aran — and what a fantastic introduction it was. Despite previously shying away from the Metroidvania-style games out of fear they’d live up to their notoriously grueling reputation, something about Metroid Dread compelled me to give it try and I’m so thankful I did. Admittedly, it was frustrating, but it was the kind of frustrating that only made each of my little victories and strokes of cleverness all that much sweeter — the kind of frustrating that inspired growth and change. Through Metroid Dread, I discovered my love of an entirely new genre, my love for one of video game’s most iconic female protagonists, and even a bit about myself. — Jess Howard

Peteyyyyyyyy

Five simple letters here. P-E-T-E-Y. He’s an incredible songwriter that hits on the things I love about aughts-era indie and emo (he cites Modest Mouse as a big influence, which is a good jumping-off point for exploring his sound). But, as is crucial in this social media age, he’s also a breakout TikTok star thanks to an absurdist comedy account that does scripted skits that have very little to do with his music.

As much as the tone of both the comedy and the music can feel at odds, they work together to form a sort of expanded universe — the PCU? Surely no one has ever used that acronym before and I’m not gonna Google it to find out — where nostalgia and sentimentality can sit comfortably next to bizarre humor about eating paint chips. Poignant tunes and belly laughs? Yeah, that’s something to be thankful for. — Philip Cosores

Succession, in all its fun and evil glory

At a time when real-life villains occupy some of the most powerful positions in our society, and the class divide has never been more pronounced, watching a family of wildly obnoxious spoiled white (adult) “kids” desperately vying for their father’s attention might seem like the last thing you’d want to watch in a post-Trump Presidency world. Or, at the very least, redundant. But whether it’s a case of good ol’ masochism or immersion therapy at its most effective, there’s an undeniable joy in watching Brian Cox’s Logan Roy force his children and other lackeys to bend to his often sadistic demands (Boar on the Floor anyone?). The two years between seasons was a tough slog for Succession fans, but season 3—which picked up right where season 2 left off—has been well worth the wait. UTIs be damned. — Jennifer M. Wood

Kathryn Hahn, just generally, but also specifically

Every few years, another Hahnissance occurs. Like an eclipse, it happens just rarely enough to be a fascinating spectacle for fans too young to remember the last awakening and a welcome return for Hahn stans who have been patiently hosting Emmy summoning circles in the shadows. What I’m trying to say is this: Kathryn Hahn is a damn delight, a national treasure, but one we only collectively appreciate every so often, when she delivers a commanding, scene-stealing turn in a piece of pop culture that finds a home on our timelines. Luckily, that’s what WandaVision was – a wonderfully weird bit of superhero nonsense that gave Hahn the chance to do what she does best, A.C.T. As Agatha Harkness, she transformed from a nosy neighbor delivering perfectly-timed one-liners to a villainous with puppeteering the residents of an idyllic suburb, offing pooches, and churning out certified bangers. 2021 knew what we didn’t: It’s been Kathryn Hahn all along. — Jessica Toomer

Guy Fieri’s social team really understanding the assignment

I don’t remember when, exactly, it started happening, but sometime in the last year or two, the Uproxx Sports staff — all of whom consider themselves members of the Flavortown community — started keeping an extra keen eye out for whenever Guy Fieri would post stuff to Instagram. Now, Guy isn’t usually the one posting the things that catch our eye, because he almost certainly spends a lot of his money on a small army of professional posters, but the stuff they end up tossing onto his IG rules. There are so many photoshops putting Guy into stuff. Some recent examples: Guy on the Old School and Accepted posters as part of an ad campaign for Flavortown University, a remix of the “All I Want For Christmas Is You” album art (above) that has Guy and the words “All I Want For Christmas Is Food,” a bunch of Guy/Drake photoshops. It is unclear to me exactly why any of this exists, but I am glad it does, and really, what else can you ask for? — Bill DiFilippo

The dancing scenes in Titane

Julia Ducournau needs to do an all-out musical. Justine dancing in front of a mirror is one of the more striking scenes from her first movie, the cannibal masterpiece Raw, and many of the most memorable moments in her Palme d’Or-winning follow-up, Titane, involve music. There’s Alexia, a pregnant serial killer who pretends to be the missing son of a firefighter after having sex with a car (tale as old as time), being spun around the living room by her fake-dad while “She’s Not There” plays. And the eerily lit sequence set to Future Islands’ “Light House.” And who could forget when she makes her male co-workers squirm with her sexually provocative dancing during a rave. Did I mention there’s a song called “Car F*ck” on the soundtrack? It’s not too late to get Ducournau to direct Wicked. — Josh Kurp

When the nominees were announced for the upcoming 64th Grammy Awards yesterday, Taylor Swift received just one nomination. But it was a big one, as Evermore received a nomination for Album Of The Year, alongside albums from Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, HER, Jon Batiste, and Ye.

Swift — who currently sits at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart — took to Twitter to congratulate her fellow nominees and posted an incredibly opulent clip of her singing next to Aaron Dessner on piano, on the set of the style out session for an upcoming video for the song “Champagne Problems.”In the artistic black and white overhead shot, Swift is seen wearing a decadent wedding dress that’s creating an angelic barrier around her behind Dessner, who plays the tune as the pair sit at the bottom of a staircase in an atrium.

“I wanted to share this video with you from when @aaron_dessner and I were doing our fittings for the video and there was a piano, so ofc this happened,” Swift said in the Tweet. “SO stoked evermore has been honored like this. Congrats to all our fellow nominees #GRAMMYs.”

It’s a glorious short clip that also serves as an exciting preview for the video. From Evermore (of course), “Champagne Problems” is a song about a young couple who’ve been in love, but the song’s protagonist turns down a wedding proposal at holiday time, shocking her family. The song addresses mental health issues and small town ideologies, and it looks as if Swift is leaning into the character for the upcoming video for sure.

Aaron Rodgers has a toe injury that bugged him so much during the Green Bay Packers’ loss to the Minnesota Vikings earlier this week that he went to the locker room prior to halftime. Speaking to the press after the game, Rodgers made clear that the ailment has been quite the thorn in his side in recent weeks.

“I’m just going to have to get to the bye and hope I can get some healing over the bye week,” Rodgers said, per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky. “Probably the same schedule next week. Was in a lot of pain. Went in at halftime early to get it checked out. It’s very, very painful. Got stepped on the first half, and that kind of activated all the symptoms I was having. It’s going to be another painful week and next week, and then hopefully start to feel a little better on the bye.”

Rodgers has previously said that the injury is “a little worse than turf toe,” and believes that it is related to his recent bout with COVID-19. And on the Pat McAfee show earlier this week, Rodgers went into some more detail about what he’s going through.

Now, this comes with the caveat that Rodgers hasn’t exactly been a beacon of straightforward and accurate scientific information regarding the novel coronavirus in recent weeks, but a recent piece by Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal indicates that this is, indeed, a thing that happens to people.

Covid Toe is a casual name for something medically known as pernio or chilblains, which is a condition that causes symptoms such as discoloration and lesions. It can be extremely painful and turn the toes purple.

The shred of good news, when it comes to Covid Toes, is that they’re a sign of the body’s strong immune response to the virus.

You can just get vaccinated against COVID-19 if you want to greatly reduce the risk of this happening to you. Anyway, the Packers lost, 34-31, but Rodgers still played pretty well, going 22-for-33 with 385 yards and four touchdowns.

After taking the world by storm with their music and earning several No. 1 singles, BTS have finally landed their first-ever Grammy nomination. On Tuesday, the Recording Academy revealed the K-pop supergroup had been nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their track “Dynamite.” To celebrate, the boyband returned to The Late Late Show With James Corden to deliver a rendition of one of their other hit songs.

Taking the stage against a colorful screen to the wild screams of the live audience members, BTS gave a showstopping performance of “Permission To Dance” complete with very intricate choreography. The performance proves that, like BTS say in the song’s lyrics, they “don’t need to talk the talk, just walk the walk” — and they definitely did.

The song was released earlier this summer and, like several of their other songs recently, soared to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track was co-written by Ed Sheeran and Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol, and while BTS have collaborated with Sheeran on two occasions in the past, they’ve never actually gotten the chance to meet him. “We can’t believe that we haven’t met him yet and this is the second project with him, but we never met him,” they said in a recent interview.

Watch BTS’ “Permission To Dance” performance on The Late Late Show above.

Ed Sheeran is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Making comparisons to Donald Trump’s White House and the one that Joe Biden has created isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison, nor is it even an apples-to-oranges situation (though bad apples-to-oranges could work). As we head into the holiday season, which has historically been a very festive time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we’re reminded of the important role the First Lady plays in celebrating the season—and just how unalike in every way Jill Biden is from Melania Trump.

Earlier this week, Dr. Biden, wrapped up in a cheery red coat, smiled for the cameras and chatted with the crowd as she oversaw the delivery of the White House Christmas tree—an impressive 18-foot Fraser fir that made its way to D.C. from North Carolina.

As Newsweek reports, Dr. Biden inspected the tree, which arrived via the traditional horse and carriage, and sounded like she meant it when she declared: “It’s beautiful—it’s magnificent, actually.”

This, of course, is a far cry from Melania’s views on Christmas celebrations. For her first holiday at the White House, she opted for all-white firs. Then, in 2018, there was the infamous “Blood Red” Christmas scheme that had people comparing the White House to a scene from The Handmaid’s Tale.

While Melania defended her choices by explaining that she liked them, her worst holiday gaffe came just a few weeks ahead of her final holiday in the presidential residence when one of her former aides released a recording of a very Grinch-like Melania sharing her true feelings about the holiday. Which amounted to: “Who gives a f**k about Christmas stuff and decoration?”

Finally, Melania has gotten a definitive answer.

(Via Newsweek)